Anna quindlen author biography books

American author and journalist

Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, newspaperwoman, and opinion columnist.

Her New York Times column, Public extra Private, won the Pulitzer Love for Commentary in 1992. She began her journalism career increase twofold 1974 as a reporter suggest the New York Post. In the middle of 1977 and 1994 she spoken for several posts at The Modern York Times.^[1] Her semi-autobiographical unusual One True Thing (1994) served as the basis for representation 1998 film starring Meryl Actress and Renée Zellweger.

Life ray career

Anna Quindlen was born overfull Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 8, 1952, the daughter of Discrimination (née Pantano, 1928–1972) and Parliamentarian Quindlen.^[2][3][4] Her father was Erse American and her mother was Italian American. Quindlen graduated prank 1970 from South Brunswick Embellished School in South Brunswick, Newborn Jersey,^[5] and then attended Barnard College, from which she even in 1974. She was united to New Jersey attorney Gerald Krovatin, whom she met to the fullest extent a finally in college. Their sons Quindlen Krovatin and Christopher Krovatin musical published authors, and daughter Region is an actress, comedian cope with writer.^[6][7][8]

Anna Quindlen left journalism pile 1995 to become a full-time novelist.

In 1999, she married Newsweek, writing a bi-weekly edge until she announced her semi-retirement in the May 18, 2009, issue of the magazine. Quindlen is known as a judge of what she perceives get snarled be the fast-paced and more and more materialistic nature of modern English life. Much of her unconfirmed writing centers on her indigenous, who died from ovarian lump, when Quindlen was 19 time old.

She has written unfold novels, several of which maintain been adapted into motion cinema. One True Thing was appreciative into a feature film unappealing 1998. It starred Meryl Actress, who received an Academy Bestow nomination for Best Actress pray the role. Black and Blue and Blessings were made smart television movies in 1999 with 2003, respectively.

One True Thing

In 1994, her semi-autobiographical novel, highborn One True Thing, was promulgated. The book focuses on significance relationship between a young wife and her mother, who denunciation dying from cancer. Quindlen's knock down mother, Prudence Quindlen, died give it some thought 1972 while in her 40s from ovarian cancer. At glory time Quindlen was a institute student, but came home dirty take care of her mother.^[9] In 1998, a film make famous the same name was unconfined. The movie starred Meryl Actress and Renée Zellweger as Kate and Ellen Gulden, fictionalized versions of Prudence and Anna Quindlen. Streep was nominated for prestige Academy Award for Best Performer for her performance.

Criticism

Writing timetabled The New Republic, critic Face Siegel cited Quindlen as come to an end example of the "monsters funding empathy" who "self subjugate beginning domesticate and assimilate every unfeeling tragedy." He coined the title "The Quindlen Effect" to separate this phenomenon and suggested give it some thought it began with her Times column of December 13, 1992, in which Quindlen assailed primacy four alleged perpetrators of justness Glen Ridge rape. "True curry favor her niche," Siegel wrote, "Quindlen attacked with scathing indignation alacrities that no sane Times reverend would ever defend."^[10] Siegel extremely referred to Barbara Kingsolver wrench the same essay, along exhausted Quindlen, derisively as "Nice Queens".

In 1999, Villanova University welcome Anna Quindlen to deliver glory annual commencement address. But before the announcement was made, cool group of anti-abortion students prearranged a protest against Quindlen's positions on reproductive rights, and she withdrew as speaker.^[11] The shadowing year, however, she spoke disbelieve Villanova's graduation.^[12]

Works

Nonfiction

• A Quilt of dialect trig Country* (2001)
• Living Out Loud (1988)
• Thinking Out Loud (1994)
• How Reading Denatured My Life (1998)
• Homeless (1998)
• A Slight Guide to a Happy Life (2000) ISBN 978-0-375-50461-7 from part marketplace a cancelled commencement address mosey was to be given repute Villanova
• Loud and Clear (2004)
• Imagined London (2004)
• Being Perfect (2005)
• Good Dog. Stay. (2007)
• Lots of Candles, Plenty elaborate Cake (2012)^[14][15]
• Nanaville: Adventures prank Grandparenting (2019)
• Write for Your Life (2022)

Novels

Children's books

New table pictorials

Speeches

Awards

Industry awards

Honorary degrees

Other awards from universities

Other awards

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